External Graphics Card for Laptop – eGPU Setup Guide 2018

External Graphics Card for Laptop – eGPU Setup Guide 2018

Hey guys, welcome to our ultimate guide which will help you to Setup an External Graphics Card for Laptop. If you are tired by getting error messages after doing every installation of your new game and desiring to upgrade laptop’s graphics card. But its not possible right !! asking peoples and relatives they are saying “its not possible”. But this is just a old thought, we are living in a world where technology is growing day by day.

Now there is a device invented called EXP GDC Graphic Card Dock, which allows you to connect a desktop graphic card to your laptop to play heavy games on it. This item is exclusively available on a Chinese website banggood.com, which is popular for selling unique and cool gadgets all across the world. This is most trusted website for buying items, the are shipping items over 10 years.

The dock is comes in the price of $49 on banggood.com and it will completely change your laptop’s performance. This is useful for those laptop gamers who don’t want an another PC in there home, they just want to upgrade laptop’s GPU. The dock is profitable when your laptop have only the Intel HD graphics, you can just buy a cheap desktop GPU like GT 1030, Gtx 750ti, Gtx 980 or any used GPU from sites like OLX, Ebay.

In additional requirement you need a PSU also according to your GPU’s wattage capacity. For Example if you are using Gt 1030 or Gtx 750ti then you need a normal PSU of 450w. So the cost of the Dock, Graphics Card and PSU in US Dollar is around $49 + $75 + $20 =$144 for just this amount your laptop will transform into a gaming machine. People just love the Dock and its very cheap, you can now play games of your choices. Setup your eGPU today by Watching our Video and Instruction Below:

What Items Do i Need to Setup External GPU for Laptop ??

You need the eGPU Dock, Graphics Card and a Power Supply Unit to setup External GPU. Buy the items below according to your Laptops compatibility and Budget. Use this coupon Code: PCNetwork and get 12% off on eGPU Dock.

Exp Gdc eGPU Dock comes in 5 different versions, Select one of them which is best suitable for your Laptop.

How to Setup External Graphics Card for Laptop ??

The dock comes with a power connector and a Mini PCIE to HDMI Cable. In the order to setup eGPU you have to connect the cable into your Laptop’s Mini PCIE socket by replacing the WiFi LAN Card. Before doing this please uninstall the WiFi driver of your laptop. There are lots of laptops brands in the world, but in different laptops you will find the socket in the different area of it. In some laptop its just behind the laptop, you just have to open the access door but in other laptops you have find it your self.

Example: Mini PCIe Slot Inside the Laptop.

According to your laptop you have to find that Mini PCIE slot and connect the eGPU cable into it. Its not too difficult you can do it by watching a disassembly video of your laptop’s model on YouTube or you can take a help of a computer technician or follow the instruction below.

Where i can find the Mini PCIE slot in Laptop ??

Behind the laptop, just open the access door with a screw driver.

Some time it will be behind the Laptop’s Hardisk , Try to figure out there.

Behind the Laptop’s keyboard, Open the screw of your keyboard from back.

If you cant found the slot yet, then open the whole Palm rest of your Laptop just like the video above.

If you don’t wanna take a risk to open your laptop then Find PCI Express slot in the Left side of your Laptop, if your laptop have then Buy The EXP GDC Pci Express Version eGPU Dock.

Once you find your Mini PCI-E Slot remove your WiFi LAN card and Plug the eGPU cable given with the dock. The laptop setup is done now its time to take out your PSU (Power Supply) and connect it with the power connector given with the dock just like the Video Below. Then Connect the end of the power connector (6-Pin) to the Dock and also connect the end of the eGPU cable (HDMI) to the dock.

So the dock setup is done, now insert your Graphic card in the dock. If your GPU needs some extra power then connect power it up with the PSU 6-Pin or 8-Pin Connector. Now Connect your PSU to the Electricity and plug the Laptop’s charger. The external gpu is ready, Turn On the laptop, Yeah !!

Important !! Before you boot the laptop you have to enter bios and disable built-in display or network card. This is most important, because you are installing the eGPU instead of WiFi LAN card. If you cannot disable your built-in display or network card then your graphic card will detect but it will not work. This will create an error 12 in your device manager. There are lots of Laptop models with different bios, how can you find what is to disable. Below is the list of settings which you have to do according to your laptops brand. Read this Official installation Guide for more info: http://bit.ly/2wVqcoK

What i have to disable in the BIOS ??

Find these settings in your laptop’s BIOS and disable it or change is as written below.

If you cant find the above options, please follow the following ways to disable.

Turn on your Laptop and go to Device Manager then expand the System devices, One by one, try to disable the “PCI” port, built-in alone disappeared. (Disable only the “PCI” port that is lost
to the built-in single display.)。As shown in Figure: (System differences, please try to disable PCI one by one)

Once you got succeed on disabling built-in display or network card exit the BIOS by saving new settings. Now you will see your graphics card will be detected by the windows, simply install your graphics driver. After installing drivers you have to restart your laptop, then in the next start right click on desktop and open “Nvidia Control Pannel” an go to Configure Surround and change your graphics card as default PhysX Processor then apply those settings. Now your Laptop is ready to play new games. Yeah !!

Is My Laptop model is supported by the dock ??

Support List: (The following model is our customer feedback to us that they use and without problem)

Enjoy gaming on laptop , if you want to play games in a external monitor just plug you monitor cable in one of your graphics card Port and as shown in the above video change your primary display to external monitor. Thanks for reading External Graphics Card for Laptop tutorial, hope you like it, Have a Wonderful Day.

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Ur article was really helpful… I will forward it to my friends too… Keep it up….I have hp6540b …. Will external doc support my laptop…. In supporting laptops 6450b is listed but not mine….and is there different types of docs available? Or I can use any doc?… Thank you…

Thank you for replying. But my MSI gtx 1050ti 4gb OC Edition does not have an extra power 6pin connector. Anything else is connected like in your video, the card is running and the laptop recognise it, but this code 43 code. What about the the ATX and PTD switchers on the EXP GDC ? What are their effects?

After watching the disassembly video: https://youtu.be/6t66Fboj11c i found dell latitude e4310 have mini pcie slot in the back of the laptop. Watch that video at 00:50 seconds , you laptop will support Mini PCI-E Version eGPU Dock.

sir.. i have latop Asus k53sd core i5-2450m cpu@2.50ghz, 8gbddr3 ram and 2 gb graphic card gt610m so i need ur help to find which external graphic card is batter to play new games on my pice of shit laptop

Hey bro, my laptop configuration is intel celeron processor n2840, 2gb ram,2.16Ghz ….please recommend me how can I turn it into a gaming laptop. what changes I have to make in it. I’m from Bangladesh. please help me with your advice. 🙂

Hello sir i am using Lenovo y700 it already have NVIDIA gtx 960 m 4gb graphics but it’s not getting useful for rendering purpose Autodesk is recommending NVIDIA Quadro series graphics will that dock which you provided in the page support this NVIDIA Quadro graphics ???

Hi, Im using HP Pavilion g4
Processor : Intel i5 3230M @2.6 Ghz
RAM : 4GB
Windows 10
would it work on my laptop? with any graphic cards such as AMD RX 580 OR 570?
if so what would i need for the setup ?

Hi friend,very interesting this dock!i am a hp2540p i7 6gb elitebook owner,i had noticed that my laptop is on working list.can you confirm me that if i buy nvdia gt 1030 will work?
Do you think this setup could be enough to play gta5 in 720p?
Internal monitor will work?
Can you suggest me a proper power supply?
Thanks for your time.
Manuel
Sorry for my bad English

bro thank you so much but the only version of that egpu on my country is [NGFF Version] V8.0 EXP GDC Laptop External Independent Video Card Dock. is this gonna work on my acer aspire 4830TG with a BIOSTAR GTX 750 Ti 4GB GDDR5﻿?

Hi Bro, very good video and instructions. Thank you for posting and help. Could you please let me know if gtx1070 is a good option to go with for the external gpu ? I have a Alienware R5 with 775M nvidia 2GB as of now and plan to use the gtx1070 with an external monitor. Please adivse. Thank You.

Hi friend,
Good content very useful.
Hope you can help me on my problem, I recently buy the exp gdc v8 to try on my Lenovo G470 I7-2630qm 8GB RAM and my eGPU is GTX630 2GB. My problem is my laptop cannot detect my eGPU, i cannot see it on the device manager but the exp gdc and my GTX630 is running the fan is on even the green light on the exp gdc is on. I see that on your least of Lenovo laptops G470 is supported by the dock is the GTX630 also supported it or i should try other graphic card. Also on the BIOS there is no BIOS Set Graphic Device -UMA & Graphic Mode – Integrated option. Please help me with this matter i will truly appreciate your help. Thanks 🙂

Bro I gonna buy MSI Computer Video Graphic Cards GeForce GTX 1060 6GT . I am already having i5 with 8gb ram and nvidia 940m. My laptop is HP. Plzz tell me that can I connect it to my laptop?? What are the things I need??..Then what power supply u prefer for this card??? Please tell me I am waiting for a positive reply ..Hope u reply soon.

Hi can you tell me it can work on toshiba satelite L750 im doing all the steps and no luck dont know if its a laptop-cable-or gpu faul im using radeon HD5750 and its now recorignizing it in device manager..

please i need help iam a gamer i love fifa but my pc is low end on specs do you have anything that can help iam trying to run fifa 18 but its not woring my specs are intel core i5 k330 third gen 6gb ram intel hd graphics 4000 please help me

I have a laptop z50 70 lenovo and I want to apply the method with a screen card 1060 3g
Are there any glass neck
The Intel® Core ™ i7-4510U is working without problems?
The last thing thanks to you for the excellent explanation in success always

Hello Sir, i have laptop brand HP Pavilion 6830s its an old laptop and i have 4GB DDR2, im not sure if i can use the external GPU, and i cant find my model in ur list, so i hoping if u can tell me if its compatible with my laptop.. Also if its compatible can u suggest what EXP GDC and External GPU can i use?..
Btw Laptop power supply can be use as an power supply unit for EGPU? Im wondering🤔🤔

Hi,
I would like to know if i can use egpu on my laptop.My laptop is an old one.Sony vaio VpCEB16FG.Currently,its not working as there is an issue with the onboard gpu.I re-balled the chip-set twice.But after working for one month it stopped.I am looking for a permanent fix.Can a laptop with non-working gpu be fixed using this ?Please suggest.

HI< H HAVE THINKPAD E560, im not sure if i can use the external GPU, and i cant find my model in ur list, so i hoping if u can tell me if its compatible with my laptop.. Also if its compatible can u suggest what EXP GDC and External GPU can i use?

hellooo. please reply & help me. my laptop THINKPAD E560, im not sure if i can use the external GPU, and i cant find my model in ur list, so i hoping if you can tell me if its compatible with my laptop.. Also if its compatible can you suggest what EXP GDC and External GPU can i use?

I wanna try this on my dell 1545.. have you tried a higher GPU? like 4,6 or 8 gig? I’ve been upgrading my 1545 to 8g ram quadcore CPU.. and now GPU.. just wanna know if higher G’s will work coz i wanna max out the G’s.. will wait for your answer before i try this out.. 😀 can you please try 4,6 or 8G GPU on your 1545?